DNA condensation

Current Opinion in Structural Biology

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 334-341

  Bloomfield, Victor A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; CATION; DNA; LIPOSOME;

DNA HELIX; DNA METABOLISM; DNA SEQUENCE; DNA STRUCTURE; EUKARYOTIC CELL; GENE THERAPY; GENETIC TRANSFECTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; THERMODYNAMICS;

EID: 0029937426     PISSN: 0959440X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0959-440X(96)80052-2     Document Type: Article

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